Bread-toaster.



A. GUISSABT & E. BAR E.

. BREAD TOAST-BR.

- 'APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11, 1908.

Patented June 27, 1911.

A. GUISSABT & E. BARBEY.

BREADTOASTER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 11, 1908. 3

Patented June 27, 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERTGUISSART AND Enema BARBE, or new Yoax, N. Y.

B EAD-roma ne.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J une 27, 1911, A'pplication filed June 11, 1908. Serial No. 431370.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT Gnissixn'r, a citizen of theUnited States, and EDGAR BARBE, a citizen of the Kingdom ofBelgium, both residents of New York, in'ithe county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bread-Toasters, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention refers to a device for tiiasting bread or other similar material and purpose to do this in a simple and eflicient way, whereby both sides of the bread may beexposed to'the heat radiations without removing the bread from its holder or support and, consequently, without'touchwith the .i-fingers. Bread toasters of mg it a similar general character have been known heretofore, but it required the turning of the bread by hand or by other means, such as a fork, 1n order to properly toast both sides thereof. ates this defect by the apparatus, illustrated in .one preferred form in the accompanying drawin forming part of the present ap-. plication, described hereinafter and pointed out in, the claims. Modifications may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit thereofi,

Figure '1, of the drawing, is aside 'elevation of the apparatus and Fi 2, a diagrammatie bottom plan vied ,0 the same, indicating the paths of the swinging bread frames, Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing In Fig. 1, 1 is a base circular shape, openin plate of preferably having'a pentagonal central wh1ch,'"of course, may be of any shape. A series of supports 3, connect the base plate 1 with a top plate 4. This top plate is solid, except'a small opening in t which a knob 5. enters for a purpose hereinafter to be describe The base plate 1, further carries a series of screens 6 and 'Z of any desired shape,such as a pentagonal prism, a star cross-sectional pyramid, a cone, all of which have in open bottom, their axes the knob 5 0f top plate and extend to the heat deflector 13, located below th to plate 4. The outer screen is prefer'ab-y, lo-

. cated in a verticalplanc. Each ofth ripports 3 forms a pivot for the bread themes or supports 8, comprising the rotatable carrying pieces 9 and the supporting} nine The present invention obvi-' e center, into.

opposite side of 10. Integral with the carrying pieces 9, at substantially right angles thereto and lo cated below the top plate 4 of thedevice are gears 11, adapted to mesh with a crown gear 12, located below and movably secured to the top plate 4, and connected to the knob 5, so that by turning the knob '5, the crown gear 12 rotates the gears 11 and swings the bread holders or frames 10 in circles, as indicated in Fig.- 2.

The apparatus is used as follows:--It is placed upon the burner of a gas stove or similar heating device, then b a part rotation of the knob 5, the bre d frames are brought into the position shown inFig. 2, and suitable pieces of bread, laced into the frames 10, then by turning t e knob again,

one side of the pieces of bread is caused to face one of the polygonal sides of the device. After this side hasg'been sufliciently toasted, which can easily'becontr'olled by another turn of the knob 5-,the frames are swung, by again turning the knob 5, so that the untoastedside now faces the heat, until the bread is properlfy and thoroughly toast ed. An additional eature of importance of the device consists in the fact that the bread I,

a vertical position is held in substantially and the heat, therefore, is evenly distributed by the screens herembefore mentioned,

so that a burning of the toast or uneven toasting is practically excluded; Y

What is claimed as new and useful and joint Letters Patent desired to be secured by of the United States is: 1. The combination with a a top late,

adapted to connect the same, a hollow pyramid secured to said base plate and extending to said top plate, and adapted to radiate heat, a rotatable frame on each of said standards, and means to cause said supportin frames to face either of two abut-ting si es of said' ramid. A

2. The com nnationof a toaster-body, a shaft journaled 'in fixed supports close to the body,

and the body, so thatit may hold a breadslibe with a flat side close to the body means for rotatipg the shaft to brin the he slice clwe to the 3. The combination of a'to'aster-bndy,"

plurality of shafts rotatably mountedwand base plate and of ,a plurality of standards a slice-holder carried by the shaft I and longer than the space between the shaft v ,and'

substantially parallel with and close to the body a skeleton-slice-holdcr carried by each shaft and constructed and arranged to hold a breadslice with its flat side closely adjacent, to the body, the holders being longer than the space between the shafts and the body and means provided with a single operating device for partially rotating the shafts simultaneously to. Eresent the o posite sides of the slices to t e toaster b y.-

4. The,-combination' oi a toaster-body, a plurality of shafts pivotall mounted around the body and closely. at jacent to it,

' a skeleton slice-holder on each shaft, the.

A holders being much longer than the space between the shafts and the body, a rotatable member, and means intermediate the rotatable member and the shafts by which movement of the rotatable member serves to par- I tially rotate the shafts to reverse position of the holders. 7 y

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands -in the ing witnesses, at ew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of May, 1908. a

- ALBERT GUISSART.

-' EDGAR BARBE.

In presence of-- I i JANE M. ALLAN,

RALPrr J. SAoHnRs,

resenoe of two subscrib 

